1And there was given me a reed like a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2And the court which is outside the temple leave out, and do not measure it; for it has been given to the nations: and they shall tread the holy city under foot forty-two months. 3And I will give to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. 4These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth. 5And if any man desires to hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies; and if any man desires to hurt them, in this manner he must be killed. 6These have the power to shut the heaven, that it may not rain during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. 8And their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations men look upon their dead bodies three days and a half, and do not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 10And those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts to one another; because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. 11And after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those who beheld them. 12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to the God of heaven. 14The second Woe is past: behold, the third Woe comes quickly. 15And the seventh angel sounded; and there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Messiah: and he shall reign forever and ever. 16And the twenty-four elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God, 17saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were; because you have taken your great power, and reigned. 18And the nations were angry, and your wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to those who fear your name, the small and the great; and to destroy those who destroy the earth. 19And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.